Pepsico India wins US award for saving water

Pepsico India wins US award for saving water

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo presented the prestigious Award for Corporate Excellence to Pepsico India.

This award is given for its efforts to save more than 17 billion of litres of water by conducting various community programs and replenished over 5 billion litres of water, by impacting 60,000 community members.

This award is given by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs.

PepsiCo India also worked with local communities to save more than 17 billion liters of water by promoting agriculture that enhanced water replenishment and conservation. PepsiCo partners with 24,000 farmers across nine Indian states to source potatoes, corn and other crops using new technologies and sustainable farming practices.